Jeremy Scahill, Blowback Reporter by Tom Engelhardt via Tom Dispatch Chalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 — and just about no one noticed. Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of… Continue Reading
The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define by Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman via Tom Dispatch Imagine a labyrinthine government department so bloated that few have any clear idea of just what its countless pieces do. Imagine that tens of billions of… Continue Reading
Waterboarding Americans and the Redefinition of Torture by Nick Turse via Tom Dispatch Try to remain calm — even as you begin to feel your chest tighten and your heart race. Try not to panic as water starts flowing into… Continue Reading
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Generals Who Run Amuck, Politicians Who Could Care Less, an “Embedded” Media… And Us By William J. Astore via Tom Dispatch Few things have characterized the post-9/11 American world more than our worshipful embrace of our generals. They’ve become our… Continue Reading